Dodge
WC57 ¾-ton Command Car 4x4
Similar to the ubiquitous jeep, the WC57
Command and Reconnaissance Vehicle served as liaison vehicle for different
units, as well as a staff vehicle for high-ranking officers. General Patton is often pictured in a WC56
or WC57 command car. It was fitted with
a canvas top and had map boards in the rear seat area. In the WC58, the radio was in the rear. It could ford depths of 1½ feet.
The car burns 2¾ gallons of diesel per
hour of routine driving. A full tank of
fuel costs $3.60.
Subassemblies:
Small Wheeled chassis +3; four Off-Road Wheels +1.
Powertrain: 68.6-kW Standard diesel engine with 68.6-kW
all-wheeled drivetrain; 30-gallon standard fuel tank; 4,000-kW battery.
Occ.: 1 XCS Body, 3 XPS Body
Cargo: 17 Body
Armor F RL B T
U
Body: 2/3 2/3 2/3 2/3
2/3
Wheels: 3/5
3/5 3/5 3/5
3/5
Statistics:
Size: 14'x6.5'x6' Payload: 0.49
tons Lwt.: 2.69 tons
Volume: 36 Maint.: 267
hours Cost: $562
HT: 12.
HPs: 250 Body, 23 each Wheel.
gSpeed: 69
gAccel: 4 gDecel:
10 gMR: 0.75
gSR: 2
Ground
Pressure: Moderate. 1/3 Off-Road Speed.
Design
Notes:
The weight, cost, and HPs of the chassis
were doubled to increase design weight.
Design loaded weight was 5,406 lbs.; this was decreased less than 1% to
the historical. Design gSpeed was 81
mph; the historical gSpeed is shown (but see the entry on Jeeps on p. W106 about
top sustained speeds).
Variants:
The WC56 deleted the winch. The WC58 was fitted with a long-range radio.
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© 2009 by Jim Antonicic